by Tori Keafer | May 10, 2022 | General, Stories
Chuka waves at his neighbors as he serves at OneGenAway’s mobile food pantry. Photo by Kris Rae Orlowski “If Jesus is willing to serve us, why aren’t we willing to serve others? If God’s arms are open to everybody, why are our arms closed to some?” Chuka is one...
by Tori Keafer | May 3, 2022 | General, Stories
Not many stories about God begin with a cuckoo clock, but Anne’s does. We met Anne and her friend Susan at the front of the line at our mobile food pantry. For having been there since 6 a.m., they were rather sprightly, and Anne was ready to hook us: “I want to tell...
by Tori Keafer | May 2, 2022 | General, Stories
God is certainly in the big moments, but something about his small blessings communicates such abundant love. We recently got an email from a volunteer, Kim, that began, “I want to share a story of hope.” We leaned in. Several years ago, Kim became a single mother for...
by Tori Keafer | Apr 23, 2022 | General, News
Nonprofit food ministry stretches goal to $250K through The Big Payback Carlos Whittaker speaks about creating, receiving, and rescuing hope at One Generation Away’s 2022 Million Meal Spring Breakfast. The Middle Tennessee community raised a record amount for...
by Tori Keafer | Apr 12, 2022 | General, News
Three clergymen walk into a food warehouse and drop off a $20,000 check. Sounds like the set up to a joke, but it is an incredible and humbling truth. A couple months ago, Fr. Ed Steiner and Fr. Rhoades Bolster of St. Philip Catholic Church came to tour OneGenAway’s...
